A sourcing brief tells the AI exactly what kind of candidate you're looking for. It powers candidate matching, screening-question generation, and submissions — and gives your campaigns their reason to exist. You can create one in two ways: Quick Brief or the full form.
Quick Brief lets you describe the role in plain English and have the AI extract the structure.
Senior product designer in London, 5+ years experience,
marketplace background preferred, 80-100k GBP. Must have
strong prototyping and design-systems experience.
Use the full form when you want precise control over every field:
| Field | What It Controls |
|---|---|
| Brief Title | The role name used in matching and screening context |
| Client | Which company you're filling for |
| Location | City or region — a strong signal for matching and targeting |
| Employment Type | Full-time, part-time, contract, temporary, or internship |
| Brief Type | Permanent or Contract |
| Min/Max Salary | Calibrates candidate expectations against the role |
| Hourly Rate | For contract roles, the target rate |
| Urgency | Low, medium, or high — affects prioritisation |
Location is one of the strongest signals. "London" describes a very different candidate pool than "Remote UK" or "Manchester" — be specific.
Seniority (parsed from Quick Brief or inferred from the title) shapes who counts as a match. "Senior" and "5+ years" together exclude entry- and mid-level profiles entirely, which dramatically improves match quality.
Select a client and the brief is a vacancy fill — you're sourcing for a specific open role. Skip the client (Quick Brief allows this) and it's a talent-pool brief — building a bench of qualified candidates for future opportunities, casting a wider net.
The brief and the campaign are partners with different jobs:
Nothing sources or sends just because you created a brief. Outreach starts only when you launch a campaign.
Once the brief exists, check its matches against your existing talent pool, set up the desk's screening questionnaire with the role's non-negotiables, and create a campaign to start cold sourcing.